Josephine "Jo" (Bostian) Gerard ( 1/10/1920 - 8/16/2010)

LINDE, BOSTIAN, GERARD, EVERETT, FOUBERT, DUTTON, WILSON, DISTERHOFT, GUGLIELMETTI

Posted By: Gerhardt Leffler (email)
Date: 9/7/2010 at 16:47:38

Josephine “Jo” Gerard, age 90, of Marengo, died Monday evening, August 16, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Funeral Service: 10:00 A.M. Thursday, August 19, 2010, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Marengo, with Rev. Doug Morton officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established. She is survived by two sons, Bob Gerard (Janet) of Marengo and Jerry “Jake” Gerard (Mary) of Belle Plaine; four daughters, Judy Everett of Newhall, Vicki Foubert of Marengo, Susie Dutton (Wilson) of Hornbeak, TN, and Rosi Disterhoft (James) of Marengo; 16 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren. Also surviving is a brother Louie Bostian (Lucille) of Shreveport, LA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Laurel Gerard in 2006, a brother Sam Bostian, a sister Norma Guglielmetti, and two sisters who died in childhood, Louise and Helen Bostian. Josephine “Jo” Bostian was born January 10, 1920 in Marshall, MN, the daughter of Arzy B. Bostian and Anna B. (Linde) Bostian. She graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1938. Jo married Laurel John Gerard on March 1, 1939 at the Ohio Church Parsonage, rural Ladora, Iowa. She was employed at Amana Refrigeration for 32 years. Jo was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Marengo. She enjoyed reading, painting, and sewing. Jo especially enjoyed spending time with her family.

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